The Folly Bowl, 1601 E. Loma Alta Drive, will hold a concert of the "Music of India" on Sun., Sept. 19, at 6 PM.
Admission is $15 donation, $5 only for students.
You may bring a picnic, pillow and blanket. Please take your trash with you. We have wildlife in the garden!
Performers are Jagan Ramamoorthy ( violin) , Paul Livingstone (sitar), and Subhajyoti Guha (tabla).
Jagan Ramamoorthy is a senior disciple of the legendary gayaki-ang violinist, Padmabhushan N. Rajam and also of Gwalior Gharana vocalists, Pandit V U Rajurkar and Sushree Malini Rajurkar. He is a classical violin soloist & jugalbandi artist as well as a media producer for Hollywood and Bollywood industries. Jagan is based in Los Angeles and actively teaching Hindustani classical music in the special style of gayaki-ang on violin, cello and other string instruments as well as a vocal trainer. Jagan is also a Carnatic Music trained violinist, an MFA degree holder from CalArts and Durfee Foundation Master Musician Fellowship awardee for 2006-07. Visit online: www.spundana.org.
International performing artist Paul Livingstone is one of the few American disciples of the legendary Pt. Ravi Shankar and Dr. Rajeev Taranath. He is a dedicated sitarist since the age of 15, multi-instrumentalist and composer in the realm of world music synthesis. Paul is a committed community activist and an award winning educator with a vision for cross-cultural collaboration & education that reflects his innermost social, political & spiritual values through the transcendent joy of music. For more info: www.tanpura.com.
Subhajyoti Guha is already a known name in the field of tabla and Indian Classical Music both nationally and internationally. He is a disciple of Pandit Sankha Chatterjee and is a grade A artiste of All India Radio and Television. He regularly tours and accompanies several famous artistes like Ustad Shahid Parvez, Ustad Aashish Khan and many others from India in major venues in India, USA, Canada and Europe. He is also a very successful teacher, running his own institution of Tabla named Pushpak in Toronto, Canada. www.subhajyoti.com